To Live Life to the Fullest

           How do older people spend their time nowadays? It has been observed that more and more older people would like to spend their time alone rather than having so many people around them. If we try to look at the reality of life, it seems that those who can be considered as loner people especially the older ones are much inclined to live by themselves than staying with others. However, the risk of this kind of set up is when he tends to succumb to life's pressures while being alone thus allowing oneself to be drawn to the world and reality of depression. 

          Apparently this kind of scenery could have been avoided if they stay with someone who can regularly check their disposition and health conditions. It could have been to their advantage if they seek comfort in the presence of other people. On the other hand, what could be an advantage here is when introverted and older people though think critically and creatively when left on their lonesome.  Somehow, they feel uncomfortable and intimidated with the presence of others thus they rather stay just by themselves than being with others.

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   And in many cases, they emerge as productive members of the society through their contributions since even though they are living alone but their works using their minds such as analysis to life situations, skilful interpretations to various life and other phases could matter most, not just to them but to the whole of society.

          Thus, every person, either young or old, has his own preference of living on this world whether with others or just by himself and what counts most is his positive contributions to the society and to himself. 

Contributing writer: Myra Flor Jugan


                                        

How Do We Welcome Each New Month In Our Life?

          November 2, 2013, Saturday- just seems to be another ordinary day for everyone....yet if you would like to check this out, this day is  the 2nd day of a new month, November. Are you aware of your own dynamics when it comes to welcoming each new month in your life? Or are you just like any typical person who seems not to care exactly what day or month of the year is it?

          Are you full of enthusiasm to start a new month? Are you full of regrets that you feel as if you did nothing special on the course of last month? At several stages of your life, you tend to measure things up either they're positive or the contrary by means of their consequences in your life. Yet if you take a closer look, a thing to become either positive or a negative is also a relative one. In fact, this could be different from one person to the other. What might be positive to you could be totally negative to the other person or vice versa. 

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          No matter what, the important thing is that you are happy and contented on every move that you take. As months go by, you also need to move on with your life. Leave all those worries behind as you embrace a new and a fresh start with the entry of another month. All the while, you will realize that life is a constant journey and to be triumphant on its every phase, you must learn to face all its trials and successes openly and squarely. 

Good luck everyone to this new month.

                                            

MAN's GREEDINESS

          Recently, I had the opportunity to attend one gathering and I was so glad about the sharing of ideas especially on the topic man's greediness. The exchanges of ideas and experiences were very moving and realistic most notably that they came from the participants' own life experiences. 

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          There were several concrete experiences shared by the audience like somebody shared that she works so hard in her job sometimes taking two jobs in a day. She is doing it so that she can save for her holidays. She asked then the group and the facilitator if she committed a greed or not. Varying explanations were given such as:

- it is greediness if she in the process forgets her other commitments especially towards her husband and the children;

 - it is greediness if she hurts somebody in the course of doing such routine;

 - it is not if she never forgets to take care of herself

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          Another topic that caught my attention is the one on one's transformation. As shared, it is not an easy process to undergo transformation especially if it involves radical shift. Furthermore, it is never been an abrupt reality or instant but rather, it takes time to experience the process and it asks as well from the involved party the consistency so that the change can be attained.

          Basically man is composed of both negative and positive therefore to be able to embrace oneself as real and genuine, he/she needs to let go of all negative emotions and allow the positive energy to flow into one's life.